Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 288 - 287 The Secret of the Black Spirit Empires

Chapter 288: Chapter 287: The Secret of the Black Spirit Empire’s Emblem

Chapter 288: Chapter 287: The Secret of the Black Spirit Empire’s Emblem

Night.

Experimental facility, main laboratory.

Sitting in front of the long bench of the laboratory, Richard took out the book he had purchased from the Taboo Bookstore, “My Autobiography – Moratos,” and placed it on the table.

After that, he fetched the previous three books marked with the Black Spirit Empire emblem and placed them together.

Among the three books, aside from the duplicate “My Autobiography – Moratos,” the other two were “To Nobility” and “Blood and Fire.”

“To Nobility” was a book mainly discussing various noble etiquettes, and the number on the Black Spirit Empire emblem was 34. Aside from etiquette, it also touched upon some knowledge about family crests and clothing. It seemed rather ordinary compared to “My Autobiography – Moratos.”

After all, “My Autobiography – Moratos” was still considered a Wizard Book related to wizards. Overlooking its content on training male slaves, it described quite a few useful spell tricks. “To Nobility,” however, was purely a mass-market book.

“Blood and Fire” was even more unremarkable, being a knight novel. The number on the Black Spirit Empire emblem was 11. Its contents primarily revolved around the amorous experiences of a tall and mighty knight with a noble lady.

Such stories were very popular in a world akin to the medieval era, comparable to popular tales of knights slaying dragons and secret love affairs of nobles, constantly spread by minstrels. But the problem was, aside from the story, there was absolutely nothing related to the Black Spirit Empire, let alone clues related to the Black Spirit King or the secrets of the White Stone Tower.

“11, 34.” Richard arranged “To Nobility” and “Blood and Fire” from left to right on the table in numerical order, speculating about the content of the remaining numbered books.

“The number on the emblem of ‘My Autobiography – Moratos’ is 9.” Richard picked up the copy obtained from the White Stone Tower College Library and placed it to the far left, pondering why the content differed greatly from “To Nobility,” which was only two numbers apart.

“Could it be that the first 10 numbers are wizard books, the 11 to 20 range is for magic tools, the 20 to 30 range for another category of books, and the 30 to 40 range is for useless novels?” Richard muttered to himself, his eyes sparkling slightly.

Having said that, he took the book bought from the Taboo Bookstore and prepared to stack it on the far left as well.

Just as he was about to set it down, Richard saw a gap at the end of the book revealing the last page and glanced at the number on the emblem out of instinct, suddenly staying his hand.

His eyes sharpened, and he stopped the motion of placing the book.

“Hmm?!” Richard voiced out, his eyebrows slowly rising.

“Snap!”

A soft sound, and Richard placed the copy of “My Autobiography – Moratos” bought from the Taboo Bookstore separately on the table, opening the last page completely. What he saw was the Black Spirit Empire emblem, slightly blurred, but the number inscribed was not 9, but… 27.

27?

27!

In an instant, Richard doubted whether he had purchased a counterfeit book, but he quickly dismissed the thought. The Taboo Bookstore, being so unique and stocking many banned books, clearly had significant backing. Under that premise, the likelihood of deliberately selling counterfeit items was minimal.

This would be like a noble who could legitimately tax and make money; there was no need to engage in theft or fraud, activities that would tarnish their reputation for a negligible profit.

Moreover, most importantly, the book was able to make an ancient ring worn on the finger heat up, albeit weakly, possibly due to poor preservation.

So, what does it mean if this book with the number 27, “My Autobiography – Moratos,” were considered to be truly related to the secrets of the White Stone Tower and the Black Spirit King?

Richard considered.

Firstly, his previous conjecture about the numbering corresponding to the type of book was wrong—the numbers clearly weren’t for categorization, but were meant to carry more special information.

But what could it be?

Why was the book with number 27 the same as the one with number 9? Was there any connection between these two numbers? Surely, it wasn’t that the former’s number was three times the latter’s. Or could it be that just because both books were divisible by three, they were the same book?

“The Road to Nobility” has the number 11, which is a prime number. “Blood and Fire” has the number 34, which is the product of 17 and 2, with 17 also being a prime number…

After long thought, Richard massaged his temples and said, “It’s a bit chaotic, really quite chaotic. What is the relationship between 9 and 27, and why can they be classified as the same…”

“Binary? Hexadecimal? Sexagesimal?”

“ASCII code?”

“Morse code?”

“…”

Richard racked his brains but couldn’t figure it out, feeling much like he did during the day when he visited Great Scholar Socrates, who was stumped by the question about the Thief’s Secret Room.

It seems that everyone has their moments of facing tough problems, so then…

Hmm? Wait a minute!

Richard suddenly looked up, his gaze intense as he stared at the empty air and then extended a hand, finger erect, making meaningless gestures in midair.

While moving his finger, he muttered to himself as if hallucinating, “Go back, go back, keep going back!”

This was Richard trying to recapture the sensation of a fleeting moment of inspiration amid his many thoughts.

“Back, back, back…”

“Stop! Right there, stop!”

Richard’s finger froze in midair.

“Visit the Great Scholar? Great Scholar Socrates’ tough question? A tough question?” Richard mused to himself, “Hmm… could it be…? But…”

Richard’s eyes flickered as he glanced at two versions of “My Autobiography – Moratos” with different numbers and had a guess—an unsettling yet clever explanation for everything.

“In that case, I must find more books handed down from the Black Spirit Empire to validate my theory. That means I’ll have to visit the Taboo Bookstore and get inside.

Going back now would be too hasty, and I must handle the testing with care. So… I’ll wait until the next time the Underground Market is open, which will be in three days…” Richard mumbled to himself as he formulated his plan.

After sorting out the issue with the books, Richard felt a sense of relief wash over him, exhaling deeply, then tidied up his workspace and resumed his work—researching Magic Runes.

Like before, Richard’s research on Magic Runes primarily involved deciphering the magic patterns on Magic Rune Magic Tools purchased from the auction house.

He had previously cracked the pattern on the Paralysis Ring, and now he planned to decrypt the pattern on the Freezing Bracelet.

He lit a candle, adjusted the brightness, took out the Papyrus Scroll, and with everything prepared, Richard commenced his task.

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Later that night, Richard spent hours and succeeded in decoding it.

The following night, Richard cracked the pattern of the Poison Liquid Pendant, spending yet another night to achieve success.

Two nights later, he spent a night trying to improve the magic patterns on the decrypted Paralysis Ring, Freezing Bracelet, and Poison Liquid Pendant.

Three nights later, he spent the night erasing the original pattern on the Paralysis Ring and then engraving the three decrypted and improved magic patterns onto it.

Before he knew it, four nights had passed—the Underground Market was opening once again.